Blotting device



June 1931- EQG. HOFFSTADT ET AL 1,808,602

BLOTTING DEVICE Filed Feb. 17, 1930 ,7 .7 ZIamf/J/M' 1flwmfffladmvzwrons ATTORNEY Patented June 2, 1931 UNITED STATES EDWIN G.I-IOFFSTADT AND ROBERT W; HOFFSTLADT, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN BLOTTING:onvron Application filed February 17, 1930. Serial No. 429,135.

Our present invention has reference to a roller blotter for effectivelyand easily taking up surplus ink in writing letters and the like, andour object is the provision of a blotter having simple means whereby ablotting sheet may be replaced on the roller, a novel handle carryinghood or casing for the roller which sustains the handle above the desksurface so that the same may be readily 1 grasped by the operator andnovel means for removably journaling the roller in the hood.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in theimprovement herein- 15 after described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view to illustrate the manner in which theblotter sheet is arranged on or removed from the roller.

The roller 1 of the improvement may be trally fixed on one of its end ashort shaft 2. The shaft is in the nature of a pointed end that has itsouter end rounded.

The second end of the roller is provided with a round socket in whichthere'is-received a tubular sleeve 3 that has its outer end closed. Inthe sleeve there is arranged a coil spring 4 that exerts a pressure uponthe head 5 of the movable shaft 6 for the 55 roller. The shaft passesthrough a central opening in the closed end of the sleeve.

The roller is peripherally formed with a longitudinal groove 7 whichextends the entire length thereof and this groove is designed to receivetherein the folded ends of a blotting sheet which is movedlongitudinally over the roller when arranged thereon and moved off ofthe roller when removed therefrom.

The hood or casing for the roller is indi cated by the numeral 8. Thehood is in the nature of a substantially semi-cylindrical member thathas closed sides 9 that has its rear formed with an outwardly archedskirt 10 that projects beyond the sides 9. On the of any desiredmaterial and the same has cenrear of the hood 8 there is .centrallyfixed a handle 11. The sides of the hood are formed with oppositelyarranged outwardly bulged portions that afford inner sockets 12 and inThe skirt 10 contacting with the desk surface will hold the handleelevated sothat the same may be readily gripped by the op erator. Alarge surface may be blotted by the absorbent paper bys'i'mply passingthe roller thereover. The device is not only a useful implement for adesk but the construction thereof is ornamental.

It is thought that the foregoing description will fully set forth theconstruction and advantages of the improvement to those skilled in theart to which such invention relates but obviously we do not wish to berestricted to the precise details herein set forth and, therefore, holdourselves entitled to make such changes therefrom as fairly fall withinthe scope of what we claim.

Having described the invention, we claim:

A blotting device comprising a handle carrying hood that has its sides,at diametrically opposite points, depressed outwardly to provideconcaved bearings, a blotter carrying roller having a fixed trunnionprojecting from one of its ends and a spring-influenced trunnion at. itssecond end, said movable trunnion having an inner headed portion, asleeve having an outer, closed end let in the roller and receiving theheaded end of'the trunnion therein,both' of said trunnions designed tobe frecei'ved in the bearings in the roller and; the said roller beingsusceptible to removal from the hood when a pressure is exerted againstthe end thereof carrying the fixed trunnion to depress the movablespring; influenced trunnionto permit of the roller'being drawn out ofthe support and said trunnions having outer rounded ends whereby whenthe movable trunnion is depressed both'of the trunnions are broughtagainst the inner sides of the hood and the roller may be moved in thehood to again bring its trunnions in the bearings.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures.

@EDWINi G. HOFFSTADT.

- j ROBERT: W. HOFFSTADT.

